September 11, 2009 will be the first National Service Day.
This from Van Jones .. Special Advisor for Green Jobs at theWhite House Council on Environmental Quality
We’re moving full speed ahead toward a 21st century, clean energy economy. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we’ve already invested more than $60 billion toward the green jobs of tomorrow. But as we’re moving ahead, we’ve got to make sure we’re not leaving others behind.
That’s what makes programs like the Green the Block campaign so important. Green the Block is a partnership between Green for All and the Hip Hop Caucus to educate and mobilize low-income, traditionally under-served communities to ensure they have the resources and platforms needed to access the benefits and opportunities of the growing clean energy economy.
Today, several Obama Administration officials – including Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, and Department of Energy Under Secretary Kristina Johnson — and members of Green the Block held a press conference outside the West Wing offices of the White House to discuss opportunities in the new green economy and announce the first major initiative of Green the Block.
“From policy creation to community implementation, the Green the Block campaign wants to see access and opportunity created for all Americans, to build prosperity and a healthier planet for future generations,” said Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. of the Hip Hop Caucus. “The first milestone for Green the Block will be on our National Day of Service, September 11, 2009, where we will organize Green the Block service events around the country in coordination with the President’s initiative, United We Serve.”
“We are ready to work, ready to serve, and ready to green our blocks,” added Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins of Green for All.
There are 365 days in the year.
Why was 9/11 picked for this particular national day?
9/11 is a day that has been reserved for the commemoration of the attack we all will never forget. Can we utter the words… “terrorist attack”?
Obama has declared we cannot refer to a war on terrorism anymore. Perhaps he would want us to forget they ever did attack us.
There must be some reason he chose 9/11.
Perhaps you can figure it out. While you are doing that .. you should check out Green The Block and Hip Hop Caucus.
The 9/11/2009 National Day of Service is an outcome from Green The Block.
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